The third SHARP Award for Distinguished Achievement will be awarded at the annual SHARP conference in 2008.
The award may be given for collaborative work, publications or research tools (electronic or paper) that have served the study of book history exceptionally well. A research tool could be a web site, a publication, a group, a society, a journal or a network which materially aids the future of the field.
The ADA award seeks to recognize initiatives which have been developed sometimes with minimal institutional support yet which have contributed materially to the field of book history.
Eligibility
To be considered for the Award for Distinguished Achievement, a project must exceed the criteria for the SHARP Book Prize, which is awarded to a single monograph. Some projects will be in progress and others fully achieved. Examples of projects in progress include periodicals, websites, societies, groups, networks, programs of study. Projects such as a library or a space in a library or a museum devoted to History of the Book are also eligible.
Such projects will have contributed to the future of the field over a significant period of time; this period will vary from one work to another but will normally be more than five years. Examples of fully achieved projects include edited collections, collaborative histories, dictionaries and encyclopedias; such works should not be submitted until all volumes have appeared. Publications are eligible for this award only if they are not eligible for the SHARP Book History Prize.
Nomination
All SHARP members are eligible to nominate a recipient for the award and are encouraged to do so. Please send your nomination in a letter or e-mail to the subgroup of directors below. Please also say why you think your nomination should receive the award by giving reasons
Contribution to research in book history
Contribution to education in book history
How it has helped, supported, even inspired SHARP members
The Process
A subgroup of the Board of Directors will receive nominations from members, seek specialist opinions on the nominations, and come to a decision. Nominated items should be sent to all three members of the group. The deadline for nominations is 1 November 2007.
The SHARP Award for Distinguished Achievement is honorary citation from SHARP scholars to the recipient(s) in the form of a plaque.
Subgroup (to contact members, replace the word "AT" in each address with the "@" sign):
Professor Elizabeth Webby
(Chair SHARP ADA Award)
English Department
University of Sydney
Sydney 2006 Australia
elizabeth.webby AT arts.usyd.edu.au
Martine POULAIN
(SHARP ADA Award)
Directrice
Departement de la bibliotheque et de la documentation
Institut national d'histoire de l'art
2 rue Vivienne
75002 PARIS
martine.poulain AT inha.fr